Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Petrolul 52 1st with 63 points, Dunărea Călăraşi 6th with 7, 56 apart. On recent form Dunărea Călăraşi sat only 39th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 6th overall. Per game in the league, Petrolul 52 were scoring 0.9 and conceding 0.7, Dunărea Călăraşi 0.33 and 3.33, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
Petrolul 52 entered with 11 wins in a row, having scored in 11 consecutive games. Dunărea Călăraşi arrived off three straight defeats. From the last five rounds, Petrolul 52 held 15 points of 15 and Dunărea Călăraşi 3.
The match was played at Stadionul Ilie Oană in Ploiesti (capacity 15,032). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Petrolul 52 led 2-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 4-1.